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- Forth is one of the few environments which is totally comprehensible by one person.
- Forth has no inherent keywords -- programming is done by extending the language to your application. Thus, it can become what ever you need it to be. Forth can compile itself into a new compiler!
- Forth has a "low floor; high ceiling" approach to abstraction -- that is, it can be both low level, high level and anywhere inbetween.
- You can get an application to run in a miniscule amount of RAM.
- You can try things out interactively in real time as you build your system. The compiling functionality is a part of the language like everything else.
- It can be used to debug itself!
- It is fast.